Month: June 2013

This should probably be a TGIF post, but it’s too delicious not to post today: Siliconrepublic’s “Career Meme of the Week is the UX Designer.” My personal favorites: “I don’t always user test 3 prototypes but when I do, the users like the one that was included as an afterthought.” (superimposed over the Dos Equis…

In the world of usability testing eye-tracking has become a powerful tool; in my experience it’s often more useful from a sales perspective and from the perspective of engaging observers than for what you actually learn as a result, but useful nevertheless. Now we have eye tracking on a garment as opposed to a screen. …

If you don’t read anything else this week, read Lis Hubert’s blog post on how our lack of business acumen is harming UXers as individuals and as a profession. And then take a look at the video that inspired her on the Adaptive Path blog. I have a feeling this somehow relates to my own concerns about…

Since “gamification” became a buzzword a couple years ago I’ve been paying a bit of attention while also waiting to see if it is something that is going to stick or if it will become a passing fad (remember when everything had to include a tag cloud?). As I’m working on the advanced IA class…

I just started working with an instructional design team on developing a new course. It’s interesting to be introduced to another discipline’s design process, particularly when you work in a field with a fairly well defined process of its own. At yesterday’s Akron UX Meetup we talked about the tension that can exist between IA…

The UX Akron Meetup will be held tomorrow at 6pm at the Tannery in downtown Kent. (Free parking at the new parking structure on S. Depeyster!) If you’re local to NE Ohio, join us for an informal discussion about the role of usability testing in UX work. Local luminaries Keith Instone and Paul Sherman will…

I am going to be developing an online course in Advanced Information Architecture for Kent State’s IAKM program. The course is a 7 week asynchronous course that will be taught online in Oct, following a 7 week Intro to IA course currently being developed by Paul Sherman. I’m beginning to think through the kinds of…